Question

Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March. By the time Wash was in seventh grade, he'd skip school for weeks at a time. "My friends and I would go into the woods and build a campfire [or] walk down the railroad tracks," he said. Sometimes he'd go to the colored library, sit in the back room, and read. "It was all an adventure," according to Wash. He liked wearing a Davy Crockett coonskin cap on his adventures. What is the tone of the excerpt?

Answer 1

Sentimental.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cynthia Levinson's "We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March" is about the history of the African American people history particularly about the youths, racism, and protests, activism, etc. The book provides personal accounts of children participating in the revolts against racism and discrimination.

The given excerpt has a sentimental tone while talking about Wash. Here, Wash recounts how he used to "go into the woods and build a campfire [or] walk down the railroad tracks", expressing everything "was all an adventure." The recollection shows he's sentimental about his younger days when he would go on "adventures".

Thus, the correct answer is sentimental.